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Is Pollen & Grace Mexican Bean and Sweet Potato Veg Box ultra-processed?

275 grams Plant-based meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pollen & Grace Mexican Bean and Sweet Potato Veg Box

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 36 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Long Grain Brown Rice 17.36111111111111% (Water, Long Grain Brown Rice), Black Bean 16.666666666666668%, Beetroot Mix 16.666666666666668% (Black Beans, Beetroot), Sweetcorn 13.88888888888889%, Red Onion Salsa 13.88888888888889% (Sweetcorn, Red Onion, Apple Cider Vinegar, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Coriander, Sea Salt, Rapeseed Oil), Sweet Potato 13.194444444444445% (Sweet Potato, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Cayenne Pepper), Chipotle Dressing 4.861111111111111% (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Maple Syrup, Pumpkin Seeds, Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Tomato Paste, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Smoked Paprika, Salt, Cayenne Pepper, Chipotle Chilli, Chilli), Spinach 3.4722222222222223%

As written on the pack

Cooked Long Grain Brown Rice (25%) (Water, Long Grain Brown Rice), Black Bean and Beetroot Mix (24%) (Black Beans, Cooked Beetroot), Sweetcorn and Red Onion Salsa (20%) (Sweetcorn, Red Onion, Apple Cider Vinegar, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Fresh Coriander, Sea Salt, Rapeseed Oil), Roasted Sweet Potato (19%) (Sweet Potato, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Cayenne Pepper), Chipotle Dressing (7%) (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Maple Syrup, Pumpkin Seeds, Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Tomato Paste, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Smoked Paprika, Salt, Cayenne Pepper, Chipotle Chilli Powder, Ground Chilli Powder), Spinach (5%).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 65 plant-based meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 49% of the plant-based meals here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 65 plant-based meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060470841157, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.